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Show SALT LAKE CITY Sights and Scenes in and Around the Inter-Mountain Metropolis. PLACES OF MEREST TO VISITORS Useful Information for the Home-seeker, Home-seeker, the Investor and the Visitor. A GUIDE TO TtE T0UEIST. Salt Lake's Location, Attractions Attrac-tions and Climate-Garfield Beach and Other Resorts. The city of Salt Lake has a facte w Me) reaches around the world. The population Is bout 55,000, and Is Increasing at a rapid rate. It Is situated at the base of the Wasatch mountains in a lovely valley, rich In agricultural agricul-tural resources and Is eighteen miles distant fram Great Salt Lake. Its elevation above ea level Is 4,350 feet. There are many points of Interest to visitors In the city and near It. Here are some of them : The Temple. This magnificent cream-white granite structure struc-ture was begun April 6, 1853. It Is 100x900 feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and toe towers.when completed, will be. 800 feot In height. Over I3,5UO,030 have been expended on the Temple, and It is now nearlng completion. In the same square with the temple la the spacious spa-cious building called The Tabernacle. Here are held the services of the Mormon church, and these are attended every Sunday by Immense congregations of people, both Mormon and Gentile, Tho structure Is oval in shape, seventy-five feet high and 1160x150 feet in length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of ia.000 people, and here may be heard what Is claimed to be the finest organ in the world. Pattl once sang in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that its acoustic powers are very line. The Gardo House, or Amelia Palace, was bnllt by Brlgham Young who willed that It should bo the residence of his favorite wife, Amelia Folaom Young, but since his death It has been used as the olflclal residence of dignitaries of the church. Brlgham Young's Residences, known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion House are old-fashioned structures, curious from associations. as-sociations. These are situated In what was once Drlgham Young's domain, all of which has paused Into other hands, save the large lot in which is Brlgham Young's Grave. This can be reached by passing through the Eagle Gate, an archway In the old mud wall which at one time encompassed Brlgham's private pri-vate property. One or two of the prophet's wives repose beside his last resting place. A slab of granite covers the grave and there Is space left near by for the graves of his other wives. - - Deseret Museum This Institution Is situated on South Tempie street, directly opposite Temple square. It contains a large number of Interesting curiosities, curios-ities, chiefly pertaining to the early history of Utah. It is well woilh a visit. Prospect Hill iwlth ita lookout tower commands a splendid 'view of the city and its surrouudlngs. The Tithing Building possesses interest as being the general depot for taxes collected by the Mormon onurch from its disciples. Liberty Park, In ilie southeastern portion of the city is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. The Chamber of Commerce, on Second South street, 1b visited by those who take an Interest In the commercial standing of the city. There are several large cases containing con-taining specimens of Utah's mineralogy which attract muoh attention. Bait Lake Theater being seleoted. This latter place ef amusement amuse-ment was built by Urlgham Young over thirty years ago. It Is a large and beautiful temple and Is comfortably arranged. Assembly Hall, near the temple, Is used In winter for worship by the Mormons, the tabernacle being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly halt Is I'XixfW feet, and cost C150.0U0. The celling Is dee-orated dee-orated with church pictures, among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place at the golden plates to Joseph Smith. The Natatorlum Is a large circular bathing house, the center of which, under a glass roofT Is a swimming pooL The water Is brought in pipes from Beck's Hot Springs. There are also a large number of Electric Street Care connect with every point of Interest In the city. The system Is new and the appointments good. Rapid transit Is assured. Camp Douglas, throe miles east of the city and over 400 fast above It, Is beautifully laid out in the midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of ths ofheers are built of stone. The post commands a wide view of the olty and beyond where Great Salt Lake ties like molten silver at the foot of the western mountains. Beck's Hot Springs are In the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center. They Issue from the base of the mountains, and are regarded as a very valuable aid in cases of rheumattcm,' dvspepsla and scrofula. The waters are used bath internally in-ternally and externally, and there la an exoellent bath house and necessary appointments for the comfort of patlenU. The Warm Sulphur Springs art betwMnJthe Hot Springs and the city, about one mile tram the postothce. There Is a good hotel and eomforttble bath house la connection connec-tion with th springs, and they oan to reached by street railway. The Mountains are unsurpassed In magnificent canyons, ana at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of the olty. These invite the tourist to spend days, weeks or months among their wild recesses to flsh, to hunt, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers by the sides of mossy springs, beneath the sluide of umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood eanyon should be seen by every tourlHt Hera are lake Mary and Martha from whloh flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountains are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lillian. Besides these are Mills creek, Parley's, Emigration, and City Creek canyons, all oxtremely picturesuuo and delightfully romantic. Pleasant Drives abound in scores around the outskirts of the city; along the quiet countrv roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich green alfalfa aud tlelds of grain; while the majestio mountains are never entirely lost slRht of. From under the branches of treos and above hedges of the wild dnr-rose glimpses are caught of (.now, covered peaks A drive to Fort Douglas, and then a mile further ou to the mouth or Emigration eanyon Is most delightful. It was here thut the sight of the Mormon pioneers was flrst mads glad by the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly sud-denly bursting upon them, on the Wth of July, 1847. . The Great. Bait Lake. "I think " says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons per-sons realise how wonderfully, stranSelv beautiful this Inland sea is," and speakln" o'f Its sunsets Phil Robinson has said: "Wnere have I not seen sunsets, bv land and sea in Asia, Africa, Europe and America, and where can I say I have ever seen more wonderous coloring, more electrifying effects than In the sunset ou the Great Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake Is as beautiful a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are a brlghTblue or green, aud as they dance on Its surface It would be hard to tell which color prevails t Is dotted with beautiful Islands, aud It affords '-he ttnest salt water bathing In the world. Garfleld Beach is within easy dlstanco of the city, being but eighteen miles of a ride by train. Here it fouisd every luxurv and comfort for dfo ia the mysterious sea. and also all the thlnas necessary nec-essary for the comfort of the inner man. The cafe affords enjoyable meals at reasonable prices, and row boats are to be had for a aulet mill" on the waters which possess a romantic Interest for every visitor. The management of the accommodstions at GarfletdBeacn li under the direction of the Union Pacific Rail" way company, as Is that at Lake Park under the supervision of the Rio Grande West. Jhurt is north of theSt?" about a''- Salt Lake and Ogden, audi! m.".h frequented by visitors, it U sUullar hi attracuv-a-. WQarfleW. U weMwonM, $ |